Also deceased is a brother, Joseph Backs; and two sisters, Edna Backs and Mary Ann Waters.

She was a member of the St. Bernard Church in Burkettsville, the Ladies Sodality of the church and the Daughters of Isabella. She managed the Harrisville Grain Company and the Maria Stein Grain Company. She was also the executive director of the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Center in Celina.

Funeral Mass is 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the church. Burial is at the church cemetery.